We beg to differ.
In the age of social media, perception is everything. From this reality, the Philippines’ campus “activists” have been on the run. Rather than step up to the challenge of facing and correcting any perceptions about them they believe are wrong, they are instead digging their heels in and doing the same thing. It’s a form…
Kabataan Partylist Representative Sarah Elago has it all wrong. What Filipino “nationalists” believe to be things that make a great nation are all obsolete. If we are to believe people like Elago, one would think “activism” is such a be-all-end-all of the people of a modern nation. A statement posted by the League of Filipino…
Would any sensible parent encourage their kids to learn about sex on the streets from other kids? Certainly not. Why then would they allow their kids to learn most of their politics from street “activists”? This is the question Filipino parents need to ask themselves and the school authorities to whom they have entrusted their…
Far from being Solomonic, word has it that MMDA General Manager (GM) Jojo Garcia has thrown MMDA Spokeswoman Celine Pialago under the bus in exchange for good publicity for himself from ABS-CBN News reporter Doris Bigornia. In a letter written by Garcia to Bigornia, the MMDA GM described Pialago’s complaint on Bigornia’s attack on her…
The explosive tale of the toxic behaviour of of ABS-CBN “reporter” Doris Bigornia is on fire but, unfortunately, this is just the most recent instance of inappropriate and unprofessional behaviour in the chequered history of the Philippines’ biggest media conglomerate. The case of Bigornia, by itself, is quite extensive. Aside from her reported altercation with…
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Reports have it that ABS-CBN reporter Doris Bigornia has been slapped with a complaint for allegedly pushing and shouting at MMDA Spokeswoman Celine Pialago. According to a report published in The Filipino Times, Pialago accidentally bumped into Bigornia and apologized. Apparently not appeased, Pialago said that Bigornia retaliated. “I accidentally bumped into Ms. Bigornia. I…
Hong Kong’s quaint experiment with liberal Western democracy is coming to an end. That, of course, is not the Hollywood ending a generation of snowflakes raised on a diet of Walt Disney dramas like Frozen is expecting. While there is a lot of noise on social media egging on the embattled protesters massing on Hong…
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The anniversary of the late former Senator Ninoy Aquino’s “martyrdom” is coming up again. Unfortunately for his fans, things are not as simple as they used to be. The colour Yellow which had come to symbolise everything he supposedly stood for is no longer the election-winning collateral it used to be. The Opposition in at…
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